Southern Giant Petrel
Macronectes giganteus(Gmelin, JF, 1789)
English (US) Southern Giant Petrel
The Southern Giant Petrel (Macronectes giganteus) is a bird species documented in the AviList Global Avian Checklist. On BirdGuides.io, 0 professional guides specialise in helping birdwatchers observe this species. It belongs to the family Procellariidae (Petrels, Shearwaters, and Diving Petrels) in the order Procellariiformes.
Range: breeds islands and coasts of Antarctica to Heard (Indian Ocean) and Macquarie islands (Australia), and off southern Chile and Argentina; ranges coasts and open water of all southern oceans and cold currents, often south of Antarctic ConvergenceRange summary from AviList, in English.
- Scientific name
- Macronectes giganteus
- Order
- Procellariiformes
- IUCN Red List
- Least Concern
- English (US)
- Southern Giant Petrel
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
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Add Your ExpertiseTaxonomic history
- First described as
- Procellaria gigantea
- Described by
- (Gmelin, JF, 1789)
- Type locality
- Type locality restricted to Staten Island, Mathews, infra, p. 186.
- Original description
- Systema Naturae. Editio decima tertia, aucta, reformata. Cura Jo. Frid. Gmelin (etc.). Tomus I. Pars II 1 pt2 p.563
Nomenclatural data from the AviList checklist, quoted in the language of the original sources.
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